Steve Martins #36

ECAC First All-Star Team (1994) ECAC Player of the Year (1994) NCAA East First All-American Team (1994) NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team (1994)
Transferred to Carolina after Hartford franchise relocated, June 25, 1997. Signed as a free agent by Ottawa, July 20, 1998. Claimed on waivers by Tampa Bay from Ottawa, October 29, 1999. Traded to NY Islanders by Tampa Bay for future considerations, January 3, 2001. Signed as a free agent by Ottawa, August 30, 2001. Claimed on waivers by St. Louis from Ottawa, January 15, 2003. Signed as a free agent by Jyvaskyla (Finland), September 7, 2004. Signed as a free agent by Ottawa, August 19, 2005.

He's only 17 but he can see the ice so well and he moves the puck and goes to the open ice all the time, so I just think he's a player that is ready to play in the NHL. I'm really looking forward to coaching someone like this.

— U.S. National Junior Team coach Ron Wilson on Auston Matthews, the projected No. 1 pick of the 2016 NHL Draft